# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zana-briski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:48:26.636Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zana-briski"
name: "Zana Briski"
slug: "zana-briski"
description: "Zana Briski is a British photographer and filmmaker, best known for Born into Brothels, the 2004 Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She founded Kids with Cameras, a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities throughout the world. Her interest in photography began at age 10."
tagline: "British photographer and filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zana_Briski.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1966-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.99
  momentum:             2.252747252747253
  historical:           9.409936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1498640/"
    handle:    "nm1498640"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.zanabriski.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana_Briski"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "زانا برسكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "زانا برسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana_Briski"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana_Briski"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana_Briski"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana_Briski"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "زانا برسکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana_Briski"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana_Briski"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53384"
    title: "Zana Briski"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump